Open Learning Center Newsletter
May 2009

Dear OLC student,

Here is your Free English Lesson "Same sound, different spelling"

1) Tick the correct sentence in each pair.
l a My room is to small for me.
b My room is too small for me.
2 a I hope to see you soon, maybe in France
b I hope to see you soon, may be in France

To, too and two are homophones - they have the same pronunciation but different spelling: The music wasn't too loud and I talked to a lot of people, including two Italian girls.

Aloud and allowed are homophones: We're not allowed to read aloud in the library.

Other homophones are: hole / whole, know / no, meat / meet, passed / past, right / write, their / there, wait / weight, weather / whether

We use maybe (one word) to mean perhaps. This is different from may be (modal verb + infinitive without to). Similarly, already and all ready have different meanings. Compare:

I want my room yellow, or maybe orange.
I am not sure, but the teacher may be late today.
When I got to the cinema, the film had already started.
The students are all ready to go. (all the students are ready to go)

Note that we can say the other but not an other. We write another as one word:
I will write you another letter soon.

2) Replace the underlined word or words where necessary.

1) I don't know weather it will rain tomorrow ..... Whether .....
2) I stayed in London. and I visited Oxford to. ..............
3) Anna couldn't go. so I went with another friend. ..............
4) You could may be help me with my computer. ..............
5) My train leaves at half past three. ..............
6) Everyone was all ready working when I got to school. ..............
7) Are the answers write or wrong? ..............
8) My friends came to see me in there car. ..............

I hope it is helpful for you.
Shayan Shalileh

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Answer key 1:
1. b
2. a
Answer key 2:
2. too
3. not necessary
4. maybe
5. not necessary
6. alredy
7. right
8. their